OCEAN CITY - Douglas Tracy Gardiner, age 71, died on April 30, 2011, at Good Samaritan Hospital in West Palm Beach, Fla. Born in Washington D.C., he was the son of the late D. Tracy Gardiner Sr. and Lelia Bond Gardiner. He is survived by his wife, Nancy Rosencrance Gardiner; and three sons, Douglas T. Gardiner III and his wife Christine of Drayden, Md., Joseph Elwood Gardiner and wife Susan of Corinth, Texas, and James Matthew Gardiner and his wife Cynthia of Salisbury, Md. He also is survived by his sister, Lelia Eleanor LaPerriere and her husband Joseph of Houston Texas. He was adored grandfather of Sarah Kaytlin, Allison Marie, Meagan Lyn, Mallory Logan, Shelby Nicole, Tyler James, and Brooke Elizabeth. He leaves numerous nieces and nephews. After graduating from Great Mills High School in Lexington Park, he served two years in the United States Air Force. Later, he owned and operated Dennis Point Marina for 38 years in Drayden, Md. He retired to Ocean City in 2006. Mr. Gardiner loved planes, fast cars and fishing boats. He earned his Captain's license which he kept for 50 years, and operated his own charter boat in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., Hatteras, N.C., the Bahamas and Ocean City. He was a member of; Ocean City Cruisers, Chaplain of St. Mary's County Elks Lodge, Piney Point Lions Club, Holy Savior/ St. Mary's Star of the Sea Catholic Church, and the Ocean City Marlin Club. A Mass of Christian Burial will be 11 a.m., Wednesday, May 18, 2011, at Holy Savior Catholic Church. A reception will follow at the Ocean City Marlin Club on Golf Course Rd. West Ocean City, Md. In lieu of flowers, a donation in his memory may be made to: Holy Savior Catholic Church, 1705 Philadelphia Ave, Ocean City, MD. 21842, St. George's Catholic Church, St George's Church Rd, Valley, MD 20692, or Second District Volunteer Fire Department, P.O. Box 1, Valley, MD. 20692. Arrangements are in the care of the Burbage Funeral Home in Berlin.